AFP: Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med

“The NGO also keeps track of rights violations, mapping their location. It states its ultimate goal as “contributing to ending the deaths of migrants at sea and promoting an alternative vision for the Mediterranean”.

“As European citizens, we have a right to watch and critique Frontex,” he says, referring to the EU’s border agency.”

External Link: AFP: Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med

Alarmphone on X

🆘 49 people in distress in the Central Mediterranean! We lost contact with a group who left #Benghazi towards #Sicily

They are adrift in the #Malta SAR zone and spent already two nights at sea

Authorities were alerted more than 10 h ago
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Rescue them before it is too late!

🆘 from ~42 people in distress in the #EasternMed!
We were alarmed by the group on their way to #Crete, #Greece. Contact is lost since yesterday morning & we fear the worst. Authorities are informed & we urge @HCoastguard to rescue to a safe place in Europe before it’s too late!

🆘 38 people in distress south of #Sicily!

Alarm Phone has informed authorities to this group at risk in the Central #Mediterranean. They have been at sea for 4 days already, rescue is urgently needed!